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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 27, 1976
Filed:
Aug. 12, 1974
Winthrop B Reed, St. Louis, MO (US);
General Steel Industries, Inc., St. Louis, MO (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus is provided for bending elongated members such as pipe sections by the application of axial compression to both ends of a pipe section positioned between parallel guides. Preferably the apparatus comprises a pair of fittings with pivot mountings receivable in both ends of the pipe section, means for forcing the fittings toward each other in a direction axial of the pipe and for initially applying slight transverse pressure to the pipe section intermediate its ends in a direction radially outward with respect to the desired bend, and parallel planar guides on opposite sides of the pipe section.
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